Re: [SLL] Stupid X-server question...

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

You can also cause this to happen maually by using telinit(8):

[mortis@malevolence /root]# telinit 5

k

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On Mon, 17 May 1999, Kyle Burton wrote:

> To enable xdm at boot, (on redhat, but I'm sure it's similar under other 
> distributions) you can edit /etc/inittab, and set the default runlevel
> to 5, which starts xdm when the machine comes up.  As far as getting it
> to log you in to another machine, from the xdm on the local machine, I don't 
> know how to do that...
> 
> k
> 
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> On Mon, 17 May 1999, Eric Leung wrote:
> 
> > There are a couple of ways to set this up. 
> > 
> > One way is to get your x-term linux box to do an xdm login to another
> > linux box running xdm. There is a way to start X for xdm login but I can't
> > remember how. If you do this, your display box will behave truly as an
> > x-terminal. If someone else remembers what the command line switch is, let
> > me know!
> > 
> > The other way is to start x in the usual way on your display box, then
> > telnet to other boxes in an xterm. You can then launch apps with a display
> > switch to show them on your display box 
> > (ie: coolxapp -display linux1:0.0 &). Alternatively you can set the
> > DISPLAY environmental variable.
> > 
> > Method 2 is the one that I use. I have a box that has all my apps on it,
> > and I telnet to it from an xterm. The /etc/profile on the remote box has a
> > line that sets my DISPLAY variable based on where I'm telnetting from.
> > From the xterm window, I can launch anything remotely that displays
> > locally.
> > 
> > Hope that helps
> > 
> > -- Eric
> > 
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> > On Mon, 17 May 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd like to set up a Linux box to be an X _terminal_ to run X programs that
> > > exist on _other_ Linux boxes. What are the commands to do this (assuming X
> > > is set up and running on both boxes and they telnet fine with each other
> > > via static IP addresses)?
> > > 
> > > "My brain hurts..." M. Python
> > > 
> > > 
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